You should definitely keep going learning Blender. This type of animation that you have being doing takes for ever. You will find it a lot easier and less time consuming using Blender tools, getting better results. However in animation as any other branch in arts what really matters is the ideas in your head. Story telling and breaking trough emotions. I think you have the talent and patient for this. get deeper in Blender then you will see.
You should definitely keep going learning Blender. This type of animation that you have being doing takes for ever. You will find it a lot easier and less time consuming using Blender tools, getting better results. However in animation as any other branch in arts what really matters is the ideas in your head. Story telling and breaking trough emotions. I think you have the talent and patient for this. get deeper in Blender then you will see.